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Staten Island, often derided as the forgotten borough of New York City, has been getting a lot of design attention of late.
The locus is the Staten Island Ferry, which attracts almost 1 million tourists per year (and 8 million commuters). The intermodal St. George Station is being redesigned, and several large-scale civic projects are in the works directly adjacent. Mayor Giuliani, Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari, the NYC Economic Development Corporation, and the Department of Transportation envision the $81 million renovation of St. George as the first step in revitalizing the waterfront. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), the project's planners and architects, have completed a complex...